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To Joan, Toddles, and Tiny: otherwise Meg and Maisie
Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue,
All true, or just as good as true,
And here's the Yellow Book for you!
All true, or just as good as true,
And here's the Yellow Book for you!
Hard is the path from A to Z,
And puzzling to a curly head,
Yet leads to books—Green, Blue and Red.
And puzzling to a curly head,
Yet leads to books—Green, Blue and Red.
For every child should understand
That letters from the first were planned
To guide us into Fairy Land.
That letters from the first were planned
To guide us into Fairy Land.
So labour at your alphabet
For by that learning shall you get
To lands where fairies may be met.
For by that learning shall you get
To lands where fairies may be met.
And going where this pathway goes
You too, at last, may find—who knows?
The garden of the Singing Rose.
You too, at last, may find—who knows?
The garden of the Singing Rose.
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